Green Schoolyards America seeks to transform asphalt-covered school grounds into park-like green spaces that improve children’s well-being, learning, and play while contributing to their communities’ ecological health and climate resilience. The project is working to change the paradigm for school ground design, use, and management so all students will have access to the natural world in the places they already visit on a daily basis. Green Schoolyards America works collaboratively with partner agencies and organizations to create large-scale programs that support the living schoolyard movement, build relationships that help it succeed, and infuse outdoor learning and ecological design into the Pre-K – 12 education system. Their work has a strong equity focus, and prioritizes locations that have the greatest need for educational, environmental, health, and open space improvements.
Location: Berkeley, California
Director: Sharon Danks
Address: c/o Earth Island Institute, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, California 94704